Posted by Sarah Klein Fire up the barbeque and start thawing out the meat, this is one event anyone with an appetite won’t want to miss. The 4th Annual Manitoba Open Barbeque Championship begins today until Sunday in Morden and puts grillers against each other to see who can serve up the best piece of [...]

Do you like fresh locally-grown carrots, kale and garlic? Mark Thursday, September 2 on your calendar, because that’s when the West Broadway area will hold a Veggie Van Market. Local produce from a farm on the outskirts of Winnipeg will be supplying the veggies at the special farmer’s market event. A celebration of everything local, [...]

A fundraiser to get one local entrepreneur back on the road with his trademark fry truck is set for tonight in Old Market Square. Darryl Leiman aka Goldie the Fry Guy had his livelihood halted in June when a vehicle travelling through a red light collided with his 1974 International, the truck he’s been using [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein Community volunteers will be making the rounds on Saturday in a handful of city neighbourhoods to collect food donations for Winnipeg Harvest. The 5th Annual Latter Day Saints Summer Food Drive raised 21,000 pounds of food last year and hopes to raise 30,000 this year. 60,000 doorknob placards will be left [...]

An afternoon BBQ on Wednesday will help raise money for Siloam Mission, while at the same time providing delicious local grub. Keystone Processors Ltd. will serve up tasty premium burgers, wieners and some samples of Natural Prairie Beef’s premium steaks. The free BBQ will be held at Keystone’s plant at 663 Marion Street from 11:30 [...]

A three course dinner event in support of Amnesty International is being hosted in Winnipeg tonight for the first time ever. Local restaurant Fude has teamed up with the organization that works to protect and promote human rights for Taste of Justice. The event was launched in 2005 as a fun and exciting way for [...]

With the national Truth and Reconciliation event currently happening at The Forks and attracting thousands of people from all across Canada, very few think about what it takes to feed all those hungry residential school survivors. The man in charge of that job has no easy task. Executive chef of the University of Winnipeg’s Diversity [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein The fungal disease ‘late blight’ has been discovered on tomato seedlings raising concerns in Manitoba’s potato industry. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) said Monday the fungal was found at retail locations in both Winnipeg and Brandon, and can also harm other nightshade plants. This particular fungus (right) is a [...]

Posted by David Klassen The St. Norbert Farmers’ Market Co-op received a boost in funding Saturday during the first official day of its operations for the season. Premier Greg Selinger announced $32,000 to explore development opportunities to sustain and manage the market’s future growth. “The St. Norbert Farmers’ Market is a well-recognized local garden-market destination [...]

The 22nd St. Norbert Farmers’ Market will open Saturday morning, just south of the Perimeter on Pembina Highway. Dozens of vendors will be on hand to offer fresh vegetables and other goodies from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The market will run Saturdays until October 30, as well as on Wednesdays from noon to 6 [...]

Winnipeg Harvest has collected nearly 24,000 pounds of food since putting out an urgent plea on Monday for donations. These recent generous donations are enough to help make 1,300 food kits. The food bank says they are one-third of the way to reaching their goal of being able to distribute food kits to 5,000 households [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz Food connoisseurs in the downtown area will be treated this summer to restaurants offering menu items at a 20% discount. Not only that, but customers will be whisked to their dining destination of choice on a Downtown Spirit shuttle bus. The Downtown Winnipeg BIZ is launching the initiative Tuesday, June 1. [...]